Customer Reviews for Charlie Parker Omnibook - E-flat Edition
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Michelle
Location: from Portland, OR
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced
March 15, 2009
Saxophone Bible
A must have for all saxophonists. Improve your technique & sightreading, learn the lines of master saxophonist, Charlie Parker. Chord changes are often inaccurate.
26 of 48 people found this review helpful.
Benjamin Allen
Location: from Charleston, SC
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced
October 15, 2008
Required playing for all saxophone students
Buy the omnibook, buy the appropriate recordings, and listen/play. Listening is a must with this book--the notes are just notes w/o Parker's jazz inflection. Charlie Parker was the master--this book can help you learn from the master, but you must listen, listen, and listen to Parker's recordings first and foremost.
22 of 47 people found this review helpful.
Da Boss
Location: from Sussex County, New Jersey
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced
November 1, 2006
Amazing
This book is fantastic. This is one of those books where EVERY single song is great. Of course, this is Charlie Parker! What else can you expect! This is a must. I'm only 13, and my jazz band teacher is 40, and we both love it. It's great for all ages. A definite for every jazz lover out there!
19 of 39 people found this review helpful.
Mitchell Slapik
Location: from Austin, Texas
Difficulty Level:
Advanced
July 2, 2006
Charlie parker is a mavin
The book is simply amazing. The solos, however, are complexly musical. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes jazz. Although the Charlie Parker's solos are complex, the listener will eventually understand them and see Charlie for the true genius He is. One can use the book for just learning the stunning solos, going though the chords and learning what notes he use relative to the chord (And thus begin to learn to improvise or refine improvising technique) or go through the chord changes and improvise. This is the necessary book for the jazz player.
21 of 42 people found this review helpful.
C.D
Location: from Brisbane, QLD Australia
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced
October 19, 2004
Excellent
Excellent, Value for money, usefull! This book is essential to ALL people interested in be-bop and charlie parkers music. It is an excellent book and I recommend it for students learning Alto as well as advanced players!!
23 of 44 people found this review helpful.
Big A
Location: from Home
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced
January 14, 2004
GREAT TO GET THE FEEL!!
This book was great after i had recently gotten involved with jazz. I have played some of Parkers pieces before, but this book gives you plenty of choices and plenty of styles to play around with.
10 of 17 people found this review helpful.
Anonymous
Location: from Lexington, KY
Difficulty Level:
Advanced
December 17, 2003
This is an essential resource
The solos in this book, along with the recordings from which they were transcribed, constitute the bzckbone of jazz. The goal of any jazz musician should be to perform at a level of creativity, personality, and harmonic and melodic perfection that Bird demonstrated so beautifully . I find this book most usefull as a reference, a collection of the essentials of the bebop language. This book is old, and the careful analysis of the recorded solos with modern transcribing equiptment (unavailable at the time it was written) does reveal a few errors in the notation. These are not all that important anyway. The purpose of this book is not to learn the music as if it were a sonata or concerto, but to help the user unlock the genius trapped in the origional recordings. It is VERY important that you hunt down these recordings. The most important thing one can gain from this is the ability to grasp the whole package, the style.
8 of 14 people found this review helpful.
Neal Smith
Location: from Davenport, IA
Difficulty Level:
Advanced
January 31, 2003
Could use some updating
There's no denying this book is considered a classic, but it could use a few revisions. Many of the songs are transcribed without key signatures - adding key signatures would make transposing significantly easier. There are some rhythm errors in a few of the tunes ("K.C. Blues" has one measure with only three counts, "Ballade" also has a few rhythm mistakes and is nearly impossible to read the way it's written).
8 of 15 people found this review helpful.
Muñoz
Location: from Jersey City, New Jersey
Difficulty Level:
Advanced
March 16, 2002
It's Worth the Money!
This is an inspirational book for the serious musician. Definitely a collectable item. Made for the Jazz lover. Not everyone is ready for the Bird experience. Get your self ready, then buy this book. Like, I said you will be inspired.
10 of 17 people found this review helpful.
Anonymous
Location: from Canada
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced
May 30, 2001
Bible of Parker
This transcription of Parker's great solos is a must for all jazz saxophonists.
6 of 12 people found this review helpful.
George Oomen MSc
Location: from Oosterhout, THE NETHERLANDS
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced
March 8, 2001
BUY IT!
A superb way to get in touch with Charlie Parker's solos. Now you can read what you cannot hear. But it is also a great exercise in playing jazz-patterns in general and to improve your skill and speed. For any musical instrument. Warning: start playing the stuff slowly and increase gradually. Use your metronome! It may take weeks, even months to get to the original tempo. And it is sometimes impossible, too.
8 of 15 people found this review helpful.
Frodust, The anti-dust hobbit
Location: from Salt Lake City, Utah.
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced
February 3, 2001
Best be-boppin' book ever
This is a GREAT book. Has very many of birds most famous compositions, such as Bloomdido, Chasing the Bird, Ornithology, Confirmation, *Parker's Mood. I would definitely recommend this if you are trying to learn to play jazz or play faster. The best thing to do is read to it with a cd, there are hardly any mistakes in the composition which is very amazing for yardbird's music. The guy above me is right GET THIS BOOK! It made me a better musician, it will for you too!
10 of 15 people found this review helpful.
Ryan Kennedy
Location: from Boulder, Colorado
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced
November 22, 2000
THIS IS AN AWESOME BOOK!
I would TOTALLY recommend this book. Some people have called it the "The Bebopper's Bible", which is well deserved. GET THIS BOOK!
8 of 15 people found this review helpful.